A week after A&O Shearman said it was closing its Johannesburg office, Hogan Lovells is to do the same with closures in another two global cities. Hogan Lovells is to exit Sydney and Warsaw also, leaving it with no offices in Australia or South Africa. Warsaw is the largest office of the trio, with three […]
Infrastructure and projects work is a core practice area for many firms operating across the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region. In theory there should plenty of work around because these countries need significant improvements to their transport, energy and public buildings. In practice, things are not quite so clear-cut. “My feeling is that if you […]
Pan-Baltics firm Ellex has sealed a merger with Estonia-based Primus in a bid to consolidate its position as the largest law firm network across the Baltics. Ellex’s Estonian member firm Ellex Raidla will merge with Primus’s Estonia arm on 1 January 2018.
Of just over 100 deals announced in the Balkans this year, only 10 per cent involve a company from one of the states acquiring assets from a company in another Balkan jurisdiction. That compares to around 45 domestic deals across the major Balkan countries, and a similar number involving a local company being acquired by […]
Gowling WLG has opened a second office in Germany as part of a broader European expansion strategy.
CMS has announced an end to its arrangement with Slovak office Ružička Csekes in favour of opening its own office in the country in May this year.
Brexit is a topic that continues to provoke a sense of disbelief, uncertainty and considerable irritation across the nation. It is also a subject of persistent interest and fascination for the lawyers who must come to terms with the changes it could bring.
Independent Hungarian firm Lakatos Köves & Partners (LKT) has picked up a three-strong team from Central & Eastern European (CEE) firm Kinstellar to boost its corporate and competition practice.
Confidence in the Serbian economy stepped up a level two months ago when the country’s voters re-elected prime minister Aleksandar Vucic.
Dentons has joined the growing number of firms opening low-cost shared services centres outside the UK with the announcement of a new business services office in Warsaw.
Ince & Co shipping partner Nick Shepherd has stepped down as head of the firm’s Piraeus office and is set to join Norwegian firm Wikborg Rein in May.
Heineken’s £87m purchase of a local brewer is just a flavour of the growing globalisation of the Central and Eastern Europe region – a challenge and a boost for local firms